January 18, 2026

Service: Practicing Resistance: Community, Not Heroes

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Sunday Jan 18, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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Carolyn Bjerke and Ruth Ricards
We often tell stories of resistance that center singular heroes. But lasting change is almost always made by communities, imperfect, interdependent, and persistent.
On World Religion Day and the weekend honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this service resists the temptation to sanitize King’s legacy or reduce justice work to individual bravery. Instead, we honor the collective labor, shared risk, and moral imagination required to build beloved community across difference